How to make the GNOME Music Player Client (GMPC) my prefered ubuntu music player application?

Question

How can make GMPC my default music program and integrate it with the unity top-bar just as rhythmbox or Banshee?

Thank you, Pedro

possible duplicate -> http://askubuntu.com/questions/68046/how-can-i-change-the-default-music-player — hhlp, Nov 03 '11 at 15:50
It is not a dupplicate! I want to be able to use the unity musicplayer controls! — Pedro Rolo, Nov 03 '11 at 15:53

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 03 '11 at 16:05

GMPC is just a client to underlying MPD

You can integrate MPD to Unity Sound Menu following this instructions:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:torkvemada/torkvemada
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mpd-sound-menu

then add it in start-up applications like mpd-sound-menu

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 03 '11 at 16:01

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mpd is not something like mplayer. Its a music player daemon. You have to choose a folder to add songs to its library.

You cannot use mpd to play a single file. If you want to play a file, first you have to add it to the library and then update the database & then add that file to the current playlist. gmpc is just a GUI client to control that daemon.

So, its mpd thats doing the work, NOT gmpc.

answered Nov 03 '11 at 16:01

RanRag

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That's right. Though, it doesn't answer my question. – Pedro Rolo Nov 03 '11 at 16:20

How to make the GNOME Music Player Client (GMPC) my prefered ubuntu music player application?

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